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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co) Interest Coverage

: 6.68 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $588 Mil. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-88 Mil. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 6.68. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HPE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.63   Med: 10.91   Max: 335.22
Current: 10.84


HPE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
53.16% of 1597 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.72 vs HPE: 10.84

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.12 6.93 10.33 11.49 16.01

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.12 11.15 12.06 21.56 6.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Expense was $-156 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,497 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,453 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*2497/-156
=16.01

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's Interest Expense was $-88 Mil. Its Operating Income was $588 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,840 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*588/-88
=6.68

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co  (NYSE:HPE) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co) Business Description

Address
1701 East Mossy Oaks Road, Spring, TX, USA, 77389
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an information technology vendor that provides hardware and software to enterprises. Its primary product lines are compute servers, storage arrays, and networking equipment; it also has a high-performance computing business. HPE's stated goal is to be a complete edge-to-cloud company, and its portfolio enables hybrid clouds and hyperconverged infrastructure. It uses a primarily outsourced manufacturing model and employs 60,000 people worldwide.
Executives
Jeremy Cox officer: SVP Controller and CTO 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Phil Mottram officer: President, Intelligent Edge 11445 COMPAQ CENTER DRIVE WEST, HOUSTON TX 77070
Kirt P Karros officer: SVP, Finance & Treasurer 12400 HIGH BLUFF DR. SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Justin Hotard officer: SVP, GM, HPC and AI 11445 COMPAQ CENTER DRIVE WEST, HOUSTON TX 77070
Neil B Macdonald officer: SVP, GM of Compute 6280 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Fidelma Russo officer: EVP, GM, HC and CTO C/O IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED, ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
John F Schultz officer: EVP, COLO C/O HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Gerri Gold officer: EVP, Pres & CEO Financial Serv 4 INDUSTRIAL WAY WEST, SUITE 300, EATONTOWN NJ 07724
Alan Richard May officer: EVP, Chief People Officer 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Antonio F Neri officer: President and CEO 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Black Thomas E Jr officer: SVP, GM of Storage 6280 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Bethany Mayer director C/O IXIA, 26601 W. AGOURA ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Tarek Robbiati officer: EVP & CFO 6200 SPRINT PARKWAY, OVERLAND PARK KS 66251
Jean M. Hobby director 10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Frank A Damelio director C/O PFIZER INC., 235 EAST 42ND ST., NEW YORK NY 10017